The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-25 00:00:00

PROVIDENT CLERKS' BEN EVOUNT FUND. Established 1840. Tnumns. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott , Es q . Thomson Ilankey, Esq., M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, 31.1". TREASURER. JOHN ABEL bMITII, Esq., M.P. The atlentlon of the benevolent Is called to the benefits clnterred by this Institution upon a large and respectable class. It is the only Institution in England to which clerks of all denominations are admitted. Government, mercantile, banking, law, railway, and other clerks are among the re cipients of its advantages. There are at present 67 Annuitants upon the Fund, who are receiving collectively £1,105 per annum, and 12 mure will be e toted in May next. An Annua" Subscription of Ore Guinea, or a Life Subscrip— tion of Ten Guineas, entitles the donor to one vote for each annuitant to be eected. Offices, 15, Moorgate-street, E.G. Wlt. TIIOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Feb. 25, 1661. gIONNET'S SILKS a LYON. —Every Article of commerce takes its title either from the in✓entor or - manufacturer, and the more perfect the production the grater is the credit which attaches to the originator. ItONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identiEca thou in 14]nzttad ; but the tailacy of such an assertion is ex pos d by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The followinz interwoven mark may be seen at the end ofeach piece :--" Manufacture de C. J, Bonnet et Cie., a Lyon eta Injurieux." Wear guaranteed. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Man.ag.,rement ot Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS' EVENING (13th time) a new Opera, founded on Goldsmith's Comedy, and to be called SIT ill STOOL'S TO VONQUER. Miss Louisa Fyne and Par. VT. Harrison. After which, the Burlesque Openin,c,r of the Grand National pantomime, HAI:LI:QUIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven. [ THEATRE ROYAL DEUR Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs . Edmond Falconer and .t`. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the PerfOrlllallCC3 will commence with the N,w Serto-Comic Drama, by Edmund Falconer, entitled NIGHT AND MO U.N. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, Messrs. Barrett, F'i zjanaes, Miss Atkinson, Miss It. Leclercq and Miss Heath. To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SINBAD THE SAILOR ; or, The Seven Wonders of th, World. Clowns, Messrs. 11. Boleno and C. I.auri ; harlequins, Messrs. J. Cormack and S..Saville ; Pantaloons, 3lessrs. W A. Barnrs and J. Morris ; Columbines, Madame Boleti° and Misses Gunniss. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL HAYM ARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manazer, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE LIME DAISY. Miss Maria Barris. Followed by BUNKUM MULLER. Mr. Sothern. Atter which, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Cullentord, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Harris, Lindley, Hill, &c And A KISS IN THE DARK. Commence at 7. 1-toYAII LYCEUM THEATRE. 'Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DEMONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD: Mssrs. 11. Widdicombe, Shore Garden, F. Charles Collett, Meereland ; Misses Percy, Pauline Leclern, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. A tter which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle by Mr. John Brougnam. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brough, , m, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss E. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee, and il;ss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is inade to the cempants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either toz play bills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and teat the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- .4_l) Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, PAUL'S RETURN. After which. HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe and had so Many Children she didn't snow what to do, EIV TH E ATRE-R0 AT, , Sole Proprlotor and lilanwer, B. Webster. 2!st Week of Miss Bateman. THIS EVENING, THE I'IETTY HORSEBiIEAKER. hiss Wool ,gar and M r. J. L. Toole. kt to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH Miss Bate 'an, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, It. Phillips, Bil ington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billinten. To conclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; er, Fortunio and his Seven Mandl Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, FL Phillips, Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss _Patti Jose;hs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. EA 11.-EVERY ➢IISS BATE MAN. N I G II T. 3IISS 8.. TEMAN.—LF.AIL—Tnis EVENING' ' the 126th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BA.TEITAN. in the character of LEAIf. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the prit.cipal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEATI has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENINti until further notice. TOTAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Cr° , ded with rank and fashion.—The New Comedy of THE SILVER. LINING every Evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Mr. J. L. Toole every evening. The following eminent artistes are en7aged :—Mr. Benjamin Webster. Mr..T. L. To,le, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas. Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Joseph s, Miss Went worth, and Mrs. Charles Slat'liews. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, at 7 o'c'ock, an entirely new Comedy, in a Acts, by Leicester Bucking ham, Esq., entitled TH F. SILVER 1./NI \l= : Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John s'one, Mr. Montague ; Mrs. ( harles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by Mr. Charles Mathews just translated from the French)in his character l stic character of Un Anglais Tinaide, entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To conclude with THE BIRTHPLACE OF DODGERS. Mr. J. L. Toole, ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF. To be followed by UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr. 3elford, Mr. Pars2lle; Miss Marie Wilton, Miss Thorne. Ai ter which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEU3 1 1. ND EURYOICE: Messrs. Honey, Wood. James Fenton, Mesdames Swanboronzh. Marie Wilton, Hughes, &o. Concluding with MARGATE SANDS. Commence at 7. GRACE EGERTON (Mrs. George Case), at the POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King William street (her THIRD SEASON in London), in her New and highly successful Characteristic and Musical Entertainment entitled "A DRAWING ROOM TO LET." EVERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday). Saturday Mornings at Three. Stalls. 3s. ; unreserved seats, 2s. ; area, Is. Will continue positively for a month only. Last performance March 12. iTIFIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing, the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Dan be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. COALS. —The LILLESHAL I, COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'....... 2 ts. per tan. Double 2ls. per ton. Top Nut5........ .l9s. „ Deep 22g• Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De- Westbourue Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, t'addington, W. Beet Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 3h. 50m.—Afternoon, 4h. 4m. In-moß 3 ° .97 • 44 " tra tg, 4h. 15a1.—Aftemoon, 4h. 34n2. The Weather—Sun office, Feb. 25, 1864. THERISOMETE r.. This day at Tyro o'clock 44 Barometer-2982. ; moderate breeze, And cloudy. Slijg lt Sint, • • LONDON, THURSDAY, FEB. 25, 1864. These Danish papers—What are they doing with fuem ? Apparently, all this whilQ, they have been quietly cushioned. Are they, on the contrary, all this while, being cleverly ecolred ? It looks like it. Tbe delay which has occurred, and is still occurring, in their publication, is, otherwise, a bl e , is so suspicious, is SO unreasonable, is so precedent, th a t con j ec t ure ent i re ly contrary to all becomes baffled in its efforts to acctiunt for it. Bat that a something is being done th ese papers, there is no earthly reason whatever why they should not have been laid upon the table of the 'louse long since. The mere mechanical difficulty in the way of setting them i n order, set ting them in tyne, and setting them before Parliament, in the shape of a bluebook (of not such very unreasonable dimension2cfter all it would seem)--the mere me chanical difficulties in the way of producing this cor respondence furnish no valid reason whatever that would account for a deity so entirely preposterous. Under the supervision of a skilled man of letters like the Under. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, aided by three or four clerks from the General Cir cumlocution Office—(and a pleasant interruption this wholesome little burst of work might have been to the polishing of gun barrels with silk handkerchiefs, and . the spreading of jam with paper knives, as described by our Master Humourist)—the copy might soon enough, certainly in less than a fortnight's time, have been in the hands of the Parliamentary printer, and in course of distribution among his compositors. As to the rest of the work, the purely mechanical work—that we a'l know, that the daily press of itself is every morn ing and evening plainly demonstrating, to be cepa• ble of very rapid performance indeed. Th 3 Blue Book, we are told, when completed, will not much exceed, even if it at all exceeds, an extreme length of 700 p'eve- An amount of printed matter— as Mr. DISRAELI took occasion to remind the House a few evenings since, ander, rather than over, the extent to which the two blue-books ran, at the commencement of the famous session which witnessed the outbreak of the Crimean war. Yet, then, the blue-books were not dawdled over in this disgraceful ' manner at the Foreign-office, they were swiftly put together and promptly laid upon the table immedi ately the business of that memorable session com menced. Instead of which, it will be remembered, that not the faintest prospect was held out by Government at the commencement of this session of any papers at all being forthcoming in connec tion with the dpiomatic negotiations, notoriously carried on by England with various among the leading Powers of Europe immediately ante cedent to the shameless opening of the Danish war, all of a sudden, by the banded armies of Aus tria and Prussia. Insomuch was a rigid silence observed in regard to these abortive negotiations in reference to those numerous but inoperative de spatches, that the Leader of the Opposition, as, in his responsible duty as such, he was in truth only bound to do, was constrained to ask, upon the very first night of the session—How about Denmark? How about that Danish Correspondence ? The cavalier tone in which the Premier replied there and then forthwith to that surely most natural inquiry—who does not remember ? It was with a careless, off-hand good-humoured sort of contemptuous indignation that Lord PALMER STON replied—the meaning of his reply being visible in the very shrug of his shoulders, in the very lifting of his eyebrows, in the very inflection of his voice—Why, of course, those papers will be laid upon the table with all con venient expedition ! The noble lord adding, with a whimsical delivery his words that led to the drowning of his sentence in the general laughter of those who were listening to him—And, remembering the immense number of these papers, that are now in readiness to be produced, the LORD help those who may have the courage, &e. ! While we are writing, however, there come to us from the Foreign Office—welcomer in some sense than flowers in May because looked for so eagerly, and hitherto so vainly all through this weary dreary month of February, the leaves of No. 2 of these long delayed diplomatic papers " Denmark and Germany" they are headed. No. 2 extending to 145 pages, and includ ing in them just exactly 138 distinct documents, dating from the 21st of January, 1863, down to the 30th of last September, each inclusively. So that at length we are beginning, in earnest, to have a taste of it ! Time, indeed, that we should do co—now that the session is fast advancing to the period of the Easter recess. Hardly before Easter shall have passed by can we look for the bringing forward in earnest, at last, of the inevitable discus ; sion which must arise now in the end, when " the pear is ripe"—that debate which to mark the session and which must Inc fitably one way or another lead to a modification in the existing scheme of the Government. Whether this is to be accomplished by a change of Ministry or not, is, comparatively speaking, of little or no importance. What is wanted is—not that this set of men shall be in office and that in opposition, but that the services of the country shail no longer be so conducted that—at home things have long since come pretty well to a dead lock, while—abroad the name of England has dwindled down until it has become an object either of absolute indiffe rence or of open derision. Mr. LOCKE KING'S motion for the redaction of the County Franchise has long since been ranked among those questions which are perseveringly brought forward year after year by their resolute and unwavering advocates. There appears at first to be little hope of their ever reaching a successful issue, and after they have been scornfully dismissed two or three sessions running, their annual appear ance comes to be regarded almost as a joke by members on both sides. Gradually, however, the cause, if it be founded on just principles and popular necessities, gathers strength ; gradually the little band of supporters grow into imposing numbers; the matter is warmly taken up by the organs of popular opinion, and until the laughers and the scorners are transformed into open disciples, the Government of the day is forced to yield to the g.;neral voice, and the victory is won. We have watched this course of events with regard to nearly all those liberal measures which have marked this generation. Most of the great reforms of the last half century indeed have been carried not only against a formidable opposition, bat after having withstood the severe trial of a long course of ridicule and neglect. The public mind requires to be familiarised with a cause, to be made thoroughly acquainted with its features and characteristic?, before the necessity for an innovation comes to be widely rec)gnised. The slow but sure progress of such a measure is marked in the history of Mr. LOCKE KING'S motion. Fourteen years ago he first introduced the measure, and since that time there have been changes of Government, dissolutions of Parliament, and projects and promises of Reform, bat the bill is not yet carried. Still progress has been made, and the motion which " used to receive a bold and distinct negative, had lately been put by the timid and faltering negative of moving the previous question." How far this is done in the case of the present Ministry to the openly expressed indignation of the country at the indefinite postponement of Re form, and how much to an increased perception of the merits of the bill ; at any rate there is no doubt that the measure is gaining ground. The four Reform Bills which have been brought forward within the last few years, only to come to an igno minious end, have ell accepted the principle of the extension of the county franchise to occupiers, and three of the four fixed the franchise at the same sum as this ie. Mr. L. KING went throug h t h e whole story of the fluctuations of its career, and pain ted out the inconsistency of the present state of things since the wealth ar.d population of the coun try has rapidly increased of 'late years, whil e th e number of county voters has ac t ua l ly diminished. In the last twenty years the county population has risen about two millions, while the electors have de creased in numbers about three thous an d. T h i s is the more pr2po3terous since it is admitted on all hands that education has made most rapid strides, and political knowledge has become widely difTua:Nl among the masses. While in proportion to the ad vance of such k now l e d ge an d the cultivatio n o f the reasoning Powers the people are becoming more and more qualified to farm a sensible and just opinion on the national affairs, and are less likely to be influenced by mob orators and ranting dema gogues. The measure, it must be acknowledged by. its most inveterate opponents, can be passed with perfeOt safety. There is certainly no great danger to the State likely to result from the votes of LlO oc cupiers; in fact the Conservatives, who usually fight the territorial battle, ought to welcome it heartily, as admitting a larger number of the agricultural class to political influence. The fact that the leaders of both parties have thought fit to introduce the principle of this measure into their own Re form Bills, proves indisputably that they do not really see any solid reason against it. All these contemplated Reform Bills have come to an un timely end; one after another they have disap peared from the scEne of Parliamentary existence either from the coldness of their friends or the warmth of their enemies. The former danger has been the most fatal, Lord DERBY'S Bill having been, as Mr. LOCKE KING said, the only bill that was fought in earnest. " All these bills having fallen through," said Mr. LOCKE KING, "I would ask whether it is not desirable to give Reform in frag ments, and to pass some small and moderate mea sure like the present." Such certainly appears to be the most rational mode of proceeding, and we heartily advise all who have the interest of the Liberal cause really at heart to support such mea sures as those we are speaking of, even though they may regard them as isolated and partial. They are steps in the right direction, at all events, and in the present troubled state of Europe gradual and progressive changes may perhaps be wiser and safer than a more sweeping and comprehensive change. No one can pretend that the adoption of such a measure would produce a social convulsion or revolutionise Parliament ; and since, so long at least as the present occupiers of the Treasury Benches retain their seats, there is no immediate hope of that " comprehensive measure of Reform" which we have been promised so often within the last ten years, Liberals must make the most of their unsatisfactory position ; and not refuse to take some partial steps if they cannot go the whole jour ney; The warning given by Mr. KING to the right hon. gentleman the Leader of her MAJESTY'S Op position, and which he coupled with thanks for the assistance he had already lent him, is applicable to both sides of the House. Sooner or:later the bill must pass, and it will b 3 far wiser and better to pass it now with a good grace than be forced to submit to external pressure Sin the days when Reform will be extorted—not demanded. It would seem as if there was a Nemesis that avenged the injuries of Denmark through the complications that are now assailing the German Powers. There is no misunderstanding this un happy state of things when we peruse the various items of intelligence that arrive from these quarters. Each Power is trying to put itself forward at the expense of others, and to keep those others in the background—the whole resulting in a complete confusion and entanglement which promises little for their future welfare, and certainly compromises their dignity to a great extent. Nothing can be a greater mistake than for the several parties who are planning any movement or representing any idea to dispute amongst themselves. Unity is strength has often been proved, but its veracity seems always doubted by the component parts of the Germanic Confederation. They split afro ws in their minute investigations of trifles, they squabble over the merest trifles, the veriest nothings assume colossal proportions, and are invested with gigantic interest, and what the great Powers of Europe would only laugh at they pass over as if their religion was in jeopardy, or some one had proposed that they should abrogate their rights as independent citizens. Perhaps the origin of the present differ ences may have a better foundation for its basis than the general run of petty discussions that abound in that locality, and are so prevalent among the races of the Teutonic clime. The small States are apprehensive lest their turn shall come in the work of devastation, confiscation, and annihilation going on. There is some ground for this apprehen sion, because no ono can possibly predicate that the cause of the two chief Powers will be guided or regulated by anything approaching to moderation or respect for the rights and privileges of others. Besides this, it is always so easy to take advantage of the confusion that exists in the chaos and be wilderment consequent on war to take steps and to form plans which in sober moments in a quiescent period would be impossible, and never would be attempted. The Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin are the objects of great disfavour among the participa tors in the Conference, they are using all their efforts to outwit their manoeuvres and baffle their machinations. This may not be so easy, but it is always wise to be prepared. Forewarned is fore armed, we all know, and therefore these per plexed little principalities are right in their present purpose of arousing attention to the danger that exists and works in the background to overwhelm at any given moment, with the dan ger which only covert designs can create. It is, therefore, satisfactory to notice that these small States are raising their voices now, for anon it may be too late. The Wurzburg Conference has been a very decisive movement, and sufficiently reveals the position of affairs. On the other hand, Austria and Prussia seem resolved to carry out their own purposes and to brave all things, rather than yield a little of what they consider their heaven-born rights. With affairs in this com plexity, it seems difficult to decide what is at all likely to occur; At all events, there is this nega tive good in the evil state of German politics, that their discomfiture bodes good for Denmark. Near 1 or remote as the struggle may be, it will be a great source of strength to that oppressed and penes cuted nation, that its enemies' citadels are divided against themselves, and exposed to dangers near and far. This must weaken the power of any belligerent, and more especially one like Germany, which is so divided and sub-divided. Unless there is a well-founded sentiment that com mands the sympathies of the diverse nationali ties, it is idle to expect that anything like permanent success can be theirs, or any very lasting advantages can . be gained. It is melancholy to look back for the period of a few months, and notice the high hopes that have failed, the bright expectations that have vanished, and the compre hensive projects that are nowhere. When the Frankfort Congress met many persona were quite enthusiastic as to the results of the mighty gather ing. Now, where are they, departed into the shadow of bygone greatness, and cast into the limbo of broken promises and forgotten vows, The free and ameliorated States that were to rise out of that conclave, are now torn by distracted doubts and a prey to bitter misgivicgs. Had FRANCIS jOSEPII really been in earnest, in his efforts at so-called re form, would he not have eschewed the very mention of the present aggressive scheme, instead of enter ing into it heart and soul. The prophecies which herald the advent of princes on the throne are often meat vague, or else delightfully falsified. Of the latter class have been the declarations thA bailed the accession of King WILLIAM and of the Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH. If these Sovereigns are liberal, the exponents of progress, and the friends of liberty, the sooner the present nations go back to the tyrants of the old world the better. The States of Germany, both small and great, are much to be pitied for their disastrous condition. To lose self reliance is a sad thing, and it is an additional evil of great aggravation to have no confidence in those who have, to a great extent, the control of one's destinies. TBE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1864. REAL BENEVOLENCE. " There is nothing so difficult," said Mr. John Abel Smith last evening, " as to give away money without doing more harm than good." At first sight, and to that large class whose only idea of charity is indiscriminate almsgiving, the ab3ve state ment appears absurd, but it is strictly and literally true. The real history of the vast herd of mendi cants, including the " genteel beggar," and the begging letter writer who infest our streets, is yet to be known, despite tho light that has of late years been thrown upon their practices, and many a shilling, aye, and many a sovereign, too, which is given in the purest spirit of benevolence, finds its way into channels of which the donor has little suspicion. While this is the fact, too, there are at our very doors hundreds, nay,thousands of cases requiring and deserving that relief, which, were they but known, would be readily and largely poured upon them; but the sufferers shrink from parading their woes, They are not of a class that " Hawk their wrongs as beggars do their sores." They suffer and too often die in silence and in oblivion. Here it is that the aid of an almoner, a discreet and trustworthy channel for the benevolence of the public, is invalu able ; nor in all the wide range of our great chari ties do we know of one which better fulfils this im portant duty than the institution on behalf of whom Mr. John Abel Smitb, its long tried friend and deeply-respected treasurer, pleaded last night. We allude to the Provident Clerks' Bene volent Fund. Those who know the vicissitudes to which, without any fault of his own, a clerk is too often subject will readily acknowledge how much such an institution is needed, and how fully it merits support. The crash of a "great city house" is to him a ruin often more irreparable than to the mer chant whose larger venture has gone down in the storm—a few weeks' illness when ho cannot be spared—the falling off in a particular "market"— the necessity for providing fcr a son or other rela tive of " the firm," any of these are to him the cause of that enforced idleness which, in many cases, is accompanied with actual destitution ; and if all these be spared, he must, in most cases, be gifted with an unusual degree of care and good fortune if he is able to face the inevitable approach of age and official uselessness, free from anxiety and secare in the possession of a competence. If the position of the clerk be thus uncertain, what must be the case of the widow of such a man, struck down perhaps by disease and death ere time has been afforded him to make even a slender provision for those he loved. He may have been prudent and commenced to assure nis life, but how long will the proceeds of his small policy last before the claims of widow and children ? Here it is that the aid of the Provi dent's Clerks Benevolent Fund stops in, and by providing the widow either with temporary aid in the shape of gratuities, or a per manent annuity enables her to provide at least a shelter for those whom God has given to her charge. To the clerk, too, who, from age or infir mity, is incapacitated from earning a livelihood, the same comfort is afforded; and at present some £1,400 a year is permanently charged upon the fund to meet such cases as we have described, That the greatest care is exercised, that every application receives strict but kind scrutiny we are glad to know, and that those best qualified to judge arc satisfied with the administration of the fund—the list of supporters,comprising, as it does, almost every leading house in the City, in ample evidence. Something, more, however, is wanted, as the claims on this noble fund must of necessity grow yearly— and that is, that not the mercantile public only, but the charitable of all classes, should spare for this institution some small portion of that golden stream which flows so freely toward every deserving object. The amount of good conferred by this fund in proportion to the applications for relief, exceeds that of any kindred institution, and the secret of th;s is found in the fact, probably unparallelled in the history of our charities, that on the average of years very nearly 90 per cent of the gross income is applied to the purposes of the fund—the coat of management last year not exceeding 8 per cent. There are none in this great commercial country to whom the welfare of so large and so valuable a class of citizens is not of real importance—there ought to be none among those able to contribute to such an object who are unwilling to do so. Most truly did the Treasurer say at the meeting held last evening that much, very much, of the commercial greatness of England was due to the ability and in tegrity of the class on behalf of whose noble insti tution these lines are penned. Dr, Newman's Delightful Irony. The following is the climax of the pamphlet recently published by the Messrs. Longman and Co.—in which pamphlet Dr. Newman thus " puts down" with his inimitable power of sarcasm the Rev. Charles Kingsley, as explained from beginning to end in a very admirable article in this week's Spectator :— " Mr. Kingsley begins then by exclaiming,—' 0 the chi canery, the wholesale fraud, the vile hypocrisy, the con science-killing tyranny of Rome I We have not far to seek for an evidence of it. There's Father Newman to wit : one living specimen is worth a hundred dead ones. He, a priest writing of priests, tells us that lying is never any harm.' " I interpose : ' You ara taking a most extraordinary liberty with my name. If I have said this, tell me when and where.' p.a... VP a..../• " Mr. Kingsley replies: You said it, Reverend Sir, in a sermon which you preached, when a Protestant, as Vicar of St. Mary's, and published in 1844 ; and I could read you a very salutary lecture on the effects which that sermon had at the time on my own opinion of you.' " I make answer : Oh ...... Not, it seems, as a priest speaking of priests; but let us have the passage.' " Mr. Kingsley relaxes : ' Do you know, I like your tone. From your tone I rejoice, greatly rejoice, to be able to be lieve that you did not mean what you said.' "I rejoin : .211 - can itl I maintain I never said it, whether as a Protestant or as a Catholic.' "Mr. Kingsley replies: 'I waive that point' "I object ; ls it possible? hat I waive the mainques tion ? I either said it or I didn't. You have made a mons trous charge against me—direct, distinct, public. You are bound to prove it as directly, as distinctly, publicly, or to own you can't.* " Well,. says Mr. Kingsley, 'if you are quite sure you did not say it, I'll take your word for it; I really will.' " THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND MR. PODS !- The Emperor buys most of his horses in England —many of them in Manchester. Lately Baron Fleury was in the latter city, purchasing for the Imperial stud. An animal was brought out fit for a king, "Finn breezy stepper, count," says Mr. Dealer. " Look well in the Buis," "An Imperial horse all over, I should say." Count mounts, rides, likes, and then asks the price. " Seven hundred to you, count," is the startling reply. " Seven hundred I" exclaims M. Meaty, with the fear of M. Fould before his eyes; it is awful "We think nothing of that figure hero," says dealer. "Now, here comes Mr. Pods—Pods and Potter—one of our sporting men. Morning, Mr. Pods, Just throw your leg over that 'oss— one of your sort." "Monsieur Pods," says Count Fleury, when he tells the story, "did throw his leg over him How much?' says he. ' COO,' says Mr. Dealer. ' Send him home,' replies Pods; and I lost the horse for his Ma jesty." _ UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.---By a communication received from Cambridge yesterday, we learn that the crew have for the last two or three days taksa long rows to and from Clayhive, five miles from Cambridge, and stand the hard exercise very well. Another change in the crew has taken place since our last notice, Mr, Stevenson, of Trinity Hall, rows No. 3, instead of Mr. Knowles, of St. John's, who was rowing No. 5, and Mr. Watson has been removed from No. 3, and is now rowing No. 5, After this week it is determined that the practice shall be removed to Ely, 16 miles from Cambridge, so that the crew may have the undisturbed benefit of wider and deeper water, and also the beautifully long and straight reaches there. Mathew Taylor, of Newcastle, has been building a new boat for the Cambridge gentlemen, which is expected to be launched next Monday. The crew aro exerting themselvea to the 1 utmost, and are improving in style and paces LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] SPEECH OF THE KING OF HANOVER. HANOVER, FEB. 21. A banquet was given in the Royal Castle to the members of the Diet upon the day the Chambers were opened. In the course of the evening the King made the following speech : " Gentlemen,—l have called you together upon this occasion at a momentous period—a period such as has not . been known in our common father- land for many year:. "A sanguinary war rages in the northern marches of Germany. A brigade of my army, inspired by a lofty spirit beyond all praise, has gone to the Duchy of Holstein, ready to fight for the fame of the arms of Hanover, for German honour, for German right, for a cause to which I have long specially dedicated myself, because I am convinced of its justice, and because I found Hanover, as the largest immediate neighbouring State, especially called thereto. We must leave the result to the Divine disposer of events. " Among all the mournful circumstances by which we aro surrounded, we have yet cause to be thank ful to the Almighty for having until now preserved to our immediate country the blessings of peace. Let ns pray that he will still in future preserve us from the pressure of war "But if the misfortune of war has still kept far from us, the times are insecure and pregnant with events. The more, gentlemen, is it necessary to preserve peace and maintain strength at home, to be prepared for all eventualities that may come from abroad. Heaven be praised that I can greet you with tranquillity and joy, thoroughly convinced that you are animated by the genuine spirit the Hanoverian people has inherited from its fathers, which has always led it to display the most un shaken love, fidelity, and devotion to the ruling house when the times were gravest. I know, therefore, that you have come here filled with the most perfect confidence in myself and my Govern ment, to support me the more readily in carrying oat my paternal intentions for the welfare of my people, all of whom I love as my own children." His Majesty concluded by heartily welcoming his assembled guests. SPAIN. ROYAL DECREE OF AMNESTY. MADRID, FEB. 21. The following Royal decree of amnesty for political crimes has been published to-day ; " Taking into consideration the report of my Council of Ministers, and in conformity with their recommendation, I hereby decree : " Article 1. I concede an ample and general am nesty for all political crimes committed in the peninsula and the adjacent islands up to the pro mulgation of this my Royal decree in the same; excluding only from the benefit thereof those criminals who have relapsed in abuse of the Royal clemency. "Article 2. The Ministers whom the present decree concerns will immediately take the necessary measures to secure its punctual and complete execution both by judicial and Governmental order. " Given at the Pa'ace, this 19th Feb., 1864. " ISABELLA: " The President of the Council of Ministers, Lorenzo Arra zola." The above is preceded by a letter signed by all the Ministers, recommending the Queen to issue a decree of amnesty in commemoration of her happy delivery and return to public affairs. BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 25. The Peninsula and Oriental Co.'s steamer Poonah with the above mails has arrived here. She brings 55 passengers, including his Excellence Rainans drain Rainferingia and the Embassy from Mada gascar, with the Rev. Mr. Duffels, interpreter. The Poonah has 459 packages cargo, including raw silk value £40,000 sterling. On the 22d she passed the Pera with the out ward mails of the 20th inst. Sir Moses Montefiore returned to Gibraltar on the 17th inst. in her Majesty's ship Magicienne from the Cuurt of Morocco. His efforts on behalf of his co-religionists in the Sultan's dominions have been successful, Sir Moses having obtained an Imperial edict which cannot fail to improve the position of the Jews in the interior of Morocco, and otherwise advance the cause of civilisation. A powder magazine has exploded in Morocco, causing a loss of life estimated at 900 persons. Her Majesty's troop ship Orontes, from Ports. mouth, left Gibraltar on the 16th for Malta. Gibraltar exchange on London, 53 1-16 to -1-; on Paris, 5.28; Madrid, par to prem. HAMBURG, FEB. 25. According to an announcement of the Danish Consul-General in this city, Holstein and Schles wig ships carrying the Danish flag and Danish papers and signals will retain the rights of Danish ships. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Euzine, with the above mails, arrived at Marseilles at 7.30 a.m. this day. The mails were to leave for Londo❑ at 11.30 a,m. FRANCE. BOURSE, Feb. 24.—The arrival of the English funds with an advance of caused by the announce ment of the proposition made by England for a Conference (as mentioned by telegram) has had a good effect on the market. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 80c. Mobilier have improved to firm, with an improve- The market closed as 1,070 f. Railway Market meta on most of the lines. follows :- 41 per Cents. .. 9 5 60 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents ...... G 6 60 Do. and month.... 66 60 Credit M0bi1ier....1072 50 Do. end m0nth.... 1075 Bank Shares ...... 329 i) Credit Fonder ....1275 Roman .......... 76 Italian Loan 6B 10 Do. end month G7 85 Nov ditto — Do. end month — Russian Austrian '— Spanish Throes 5l 50 Rome Debt Deferred RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. .010 .. 1007 50 950 955 Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New. ditto SJuthern 668 75 .. 668 75 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard . 522 50 .. 522 50 North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona •• 937 50 937 50 MAzztlit has published an elaborate statement of the Austrian army, in order to show that although numbering nearly 600,000 men, no more than 500,000 are effective troops, including in their incorporation a number of Hungarians, Galicians, Bohomians, and Roumanians, whose loyalty cannot bo depended on. That for a war in Italy tho utmost force that Austria could put forth would not exceed 170,000 men, to which the Italians could oppose 270,000, besides 30,000 volunteers, at least, under Garibaldi. CLAIMS OF PEERAGE and claim to vote for repre. sentative Peers for Ireland now pending in the House of Lords :—The De Scales Peerage, the Montacute Peerage, the De Ferrers Peerage, the De Ferrers of Chart ley Peerage, the Wiltes Peerage, the Balfour of Burley and Kilwinning Peerage, the Balfour of Burleigh Peerage, the Tracey Peerage, the Nettervillo Peerage, the Went worth Peerage, the Monhormer Peerage, and the Lord do Blanquier's claim to rote. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. - The annual trial of rifles with which the Queen'a b be shot for at Wimbledon connumced on Tuesday morn ing at the Royal Arsenal range, Woolwich. The five com petitors on this occasion were ➢Messes. Baker, Henry, Phelps (for Storm's breach loader), Rigby, and Whitworth. The latter competitor wished to submit to trial not only his ordi nary small bore riflo, but also an arm of similar construc tion, but carrying a ball of the same size as the regulation Enfield. The Council of the National Rifle Association, however, decided that Mr. Whitworth ought to elect which of the rifles he would compete with, as allowing him a double chance of succeeding in the competition would give him an unfair advantage. Mr. Whitworth naturally chose the small bore, but the council al!owed him to test the capabilities of the larger arm, in order to arrive at some conclusion as to its value. Its figure of merit will therefore be determined, although, of course, it will not be counted in the compe tition. During the examination of the various arms sent in for competition it was found that several of the barrels differed considerably in weight. Certain members of the council present being of opinion that the increased weight of the barrels would give some competitors an advantage over others, they held a council meeting in the hut at the range, and after a short discussion agreed to issue the following document NOTICE. On weighing barrels and stocks brought for examination separately, some of the barrels are found to be of such a weight that, when full stocked and with metal ramrods, as the Queen's prize rifles have invariably been in previous years, the rifles will exceed the prescribed weight. The rules bearing upon this point are as follows : " Minimum bore, •451; maximum weight, 911 b; mini mum pull of trigger, 61b. "Each gunmaker will have to bring six rifles of the same description and quality. The rifles will be fired from fixed mechanical rest?, and the description of rifle that gives the best figure of merit will, as heretofore. be selected as the one with which the Queen's Prize shall be competed for at the ensuing prize meeting of the association, subject to the con ditions of the manufacturer undertaking to supply the num ber of rifles required by the council within a specified time, of their being in every respect equal to the one chosen, and of the price not exceeding £l5 per rifle." Thbugh the relative weight of the barrel and stock is not laid down, the spirit and intention of the rules must be 8e11e.% e . % ident. It is invariably admitted that increased weight of barrel greatly improves the shooting of a rifle. Sixty rifles cannot be made " equal in every respect to the one chosen" if it be necessary in making them up to diminish the weight of barrel to bring them within the prescribed weight. The rifles with which the Queen's Prize is to be shot for cannot be brought within the prescribed weight unless due allowance has been made in the first instance for weight of stock. The members of council present will, therefore, try all the rifles which come under the letter of their rules, but they give notice that it will be impossible for them in every event to order rifles the barrels of which will not admit of being full stocked with metal ramrods without the rifle, when finished, exceeding the maximum prescribed weight 911 b. The whole question, however, will be submitted to a full meeting of the council on Friday next, the 26th inst., whose decision will be made public at the general meeting on the 27th inst. ELcao. BURY. W. WELLS. J. C. KENNEDY. E. MILDMAY. Secretary, N.R.A. P. BAY. Feb. 23, Although the competition was announced to begin at 11 o'clock, the competitors did not fairly commence wr:rk before 2 o'clock. At this time the sun was shining gently over the range, and there was hardly wind enough to move the flags at the markers' butts. The atmospheric conditions could, therefore, hardly have been more favourable. The number of rifles to be fired by each maker will be six—five trial shots at 500 yards, and eight at 1,0 11 0 yards, being allowed to each rill!. The mean radial deviation of 20 shots from each piece at the two ranges will be taken as the figure of merit of the respective rifles, and determine the successful competitor. Up to half-past 5, when the work was stopped by the grow• ing darkness, each competitor had fired 20 shots at bOO yards from his first three rifles. Full calculation of the mean radial deviation of the first round only bad been made when the firing ceased for the day. First round at 500 yards, minimum bore '451. Henry, figure of merit •43 of a foot Phelps (Storm's breech .loader) Whitworth , •69 „ Rigby Baker Out of competition, Whitworth's large bore, .577, figure of merit •55 of it foot. The results of the second. round were only partly calculated, Rigby's shots not having been mea sured. They are—Henry, .43 ; Whitworth, .51; Storm, '57 ; Baker, '93. Whitworth's large bare had also not been measured, but the diagram seemed a remarkably good one. In the third round an accident caused the 13th of Henry's shots to hit rather wild, apparently giving Whitworth a slight advantage of him. The competition will be continued to-day, when the rest of the shots at 500 yards will be fired, and the work at 1,000 yards begun. Tho competition between the rival gunmakers was con tinued yesterday at Woolwich, the whole of the work at the 500 yards' range having been completed just before dusk. The second, third, fourth, and part of the fifth series of shots are the only one whose figures of merit had been made out when the council left the ground : Figure of merit in parts of a foot. 2d Rifie. 3d Rifle. 4th Rifle. 6th Rifle Henry Whitworth Storm .... Rigby Baker Out ofcompetition. Whitworth, large '43 .. '6l .. From the above table, and from a cursory examination of the diagrams not calculated, it seems pretty certain that Henry will come off best at this range, being closely fol. , lowed by Whitworth and Storm. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Wheat, 41s 1d ; barley, 328 Od ; oats, 19s 8d ; rye, 28s 10d ; beaus, 833 2d ; and peas, 32s bd. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 40s 10d ; barley, 32s Od ; oats, 19s Od ; rye, 29s ld ; beans, 33s 6d; peas, 33s ld. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 96,027; barley, 84,023; oats, 15,478; rye, 13; beans, 7,645; peas, 1,236 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was about an average supply of beaks on sale here to-day, but the quality of the stock was very middling. All the breeds moved off slowly, at Monday's currency. The best Scots sold at ss, in some instances, at 6s 2d per Sibs. We were fairly supplied with sheep. and the inquiry for them was inactive, on former terms. The best Downs in the wool realised 6s; out of the wool, 53 per 81bs. The few lambs on offer changed hands at 7s per Sibs. No change took place in the value of calves, and the veal trade was somewhat heavy, Prices ranged from 4s 2d to Ss 2d per 81bs. Pigs and mulch cows moved off slowly, at late rates. Per Blbs.to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crso. &inf. beasts 3 8 4 0 Primecrs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Secondquality do. 4 2 4 4 Prne.S'thdowndo.s 10 6 0 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Large orse. calves 4 2 4 8 Prime Scots, etc. 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 4 10 5 2 Crse. & inf. sheep 4 0 4 6 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 4 8 5 2 Small porers ..., 4 2 4 6 Stickling calves, 20s to 26s ; and quarter-old store pigs 20s to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts . 982 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 350 Sheep and lambs ..., 890 Calves Pigs Cows Sheep Calves 202 Pigs 3lO MEAT MARKETS. NENVGA.TE AND LEADENHALL.—Tho supplies of meat are tolorably good. and the trade rules steady as follows: Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 48 8c1; and pork, 3s 4d to 48 4d per 81bs by the carcaso. SOUTHALL, Feb. 24.—Our market was fairly supplied with stock, and the trade ruled inactive, as follows:—Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s Od to 6s Od ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s Od ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; and pork, 45 Od to 48 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Feb. 24.—Each kind of meat moved off slowly, at the annexed rates :—Beef, from 3s 8d to 5s Od; mutton, 3s 10d to 6s Od ; veal, 4s Gd to 68 Od ; and pork, 48 Cd to 4s 8d per Sibs ; suckling calves, 198 to 26s ' • quar ter-old store pigs, 20s to 255; and railch cows, £1.6 to £l9 0$ each, HAY MARK.2TS. - - - SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 5s Od; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od; and straw, £1 2s to £1 lOs pQr load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND.—MewIow hay, £3 Oa to £4 8s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 2s to 10s per load Supply limited. WHITECTIAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to 7s Od ; clover, LI Os to £ lOs Od ; and atraw, to LI Ns por load. Trade dull. COAL MARKET. Prides of:Coal per Ton a' R. Bafes'sWest Hartley ..1.4 0 Bower's West ilarti,y.l.4 Byass's Belmide West the dole of the market. Walls End. Haswell 19 0 East Ilartlepool IS 9 South Hartlepool 17 9 Hartlepool lB 6 Trimdon Hartlepool 18 6 E{elloe Hetton. l9 0 Eleugh Hall 18 3 South Kelloe. 18 3 Gosforth l6 6 Tunstall .... South Heti on 19 0 llell lO 6 Riddell It, 63; oold, 38, llartley ..14 9 Lambert's West Hart- ley l4 6 Davison's West Hart- i e y Wylam 17 0 Eden Main .....17 3 Tanfield Moor Butes-15 0 Cowpen Hartley 15 0 Holy well l7 0 North Melton Gas 14 0 Went Bartley 15 0 Ships at inarkel . C 61111 tiro HER MAJESTY. --- WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb. 24. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena, walked and drove in the grou nds this morning. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Sal e Weimar dined with her Majesty yesterday. • The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales rode out on horseback yes' terday morning attended by Major Teesdale. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Prince at Marlborough Houge. The Princess of Wales, attended by Lady p c G rel ' drove ont in the afternoon. KING LEOPOLD.—A suit of magnificent 'Wart' mentl on the south side of Windsor Castle has been fitted tip for the reception of the King of the Belgians, who Was petted to accompany her Majesty from Osborne, but osiolo.bs to the political state of affairs his Majesty's V i s it to country will perhaps not take place. ea His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales h onour the p erformances at the Princess's Theatre last n i g ht ' The Duke and Duchess of Argyll rece ive Gl a d, hi Right Hon. Chancellor of the Exchequer and B1rs• t stcne, and a select party, last evening, at their re sidenoe Campden-hill, Kensington. r Lord and Lady Colchester entertained at di ; u ne last evening, at their residence in Berlceldi square, the following company :—The Blarehioness Ely, the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Earl of Car° o re, von, the Earl of Longford, the Countess of Dono u g hul Lord and Lady Colville, Lady Delamere, the Right 11„fd. Spencer and Mrs. Walpole, the Right Hon. Sir John Lady Pakington, Mr. Butler Johnstone, M.P., S: (1 . „ r We have to announce the death of the Do Wilb ; Viscountess Hereford, who expired on the 20th ju.l,s`;' • at her residence at Hampton-court Palace. The voer,,;r viscountess, wha was in her 81st year, was third (Nog'''. of Sir George Cornewall, Bart., and married Henry 14th viscount, and grandfather of the present peer! - December, 1805. By him she had a numerous WV. DENMARK AND THE CONFERE-105. The following is a copy of a dispatch from ! II I : Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs to the 1)1c113 Legations abroad, dated Copenhagen, Feb 1 2 '",. 3 Sir,—You are already aware that the aryl 't evacuated the position of the Danewirke is °de l to occupy the second line of defence, that of Dlbb°,l; The reasons which have dictated this ret ro g rade movement are of a purely strategical chara cte ed The extreme rigour of the season, the pr of night watches, and the excessive fatigue uf 1 4 troops, together with the numerical superiority the enemy, had rendered it impossible to hold ae i f i longer the Danewirke; and if the army ha d ', ' i l d this state of things, accepted a battle, there wec, have been grounds for fearing its entire des tru tion. hicb At present our troops occupy a positio n w ed menaces the flank of the enemy, and being h'e c by the sea, unites all the advantages which the,gea. graphical configuration of the country offers. 1".01, bol is in fact the only strategical position wbiwo allows us to sustain, reduced as we are to our ewe forces, a prolonged war, for which, it seems' 0 must prepare ourselves. Before the occupat ien it h Schleswig we could have concluded a pea ce : e nt Germany. After this event the King's Gov erD— or has but one choice—that of continuing th e ; be d until the former state of things is re-edta blie d e r in Schleswig, and that Duchy again placed liil tbs t the authority of the King. It is only th en ji v g we will be able to renewour efforts for terfein a 6 er , by means of negotiations our conflict with many.—l have the honour, &c., G . cruttA ol • (Signed) LITERATURE t b th Ella Norman ; or, a R'oman's Perils. By E 4- e A. Murray. Three Vols. Hurst and Bl ackett. o This is a very complicated story, that ent ita ti • e f much to attract and interest the reader. I ts c- t l e a scenes are laid in Australia, and we are p rees° ;34 with a very comprehensive account of li fe : t ie manners in that country. Besides a very eonlii; o o tale, there are many more serious matters to eng the attention of the reader. Great stres s is laid ut the imprudence and impropriety of s ending 'll be young females without ascertaining what o do their fate when they land in anew world. 4rieineo at home" meet and concoct very elaborate se" a n d for the benefit of their young pr otegee s e 0 to send them out by scores and tens of segehiea make their way and enjoy advantages vi ol they could never hope for at home. 11°° ha ve on landing the hapless outcasts find that thei the 84 run their heads into storms, and lament or that saw them leave the sheltering fold of 11°'-',„¢ even the hard lot which was cast to WO - to a bl strangers, to attempt more than they are r e a manage, and ccpe with difficulties that requouot. trained hand and an energetic mind to surf The episode which records the sad tale o'. ris Hawley is very painful, and her dark nar e ng to touchingly told. It may serve as a Wu ral psi' those weak minded and inexperienced Yea h ° t otes , sons who are always ready to rush int o e%tr wit); not to be too facile in making acquaintnnebets S od strangers, and to show more nerve when deu re at difficulties overcome them. Mary's folly wa s g o on renewing her acquaintance with an " he ralli woman like Mrs. Stanley, and thus it will g e- son e be found in the annals of those who go astray' imprudence has led them into difficulties, from ; a nd they appear powerless to extricate t hemseiCe they truly exemplify the old adage— " Evil is wrought from want of though t As well as want of heart." tie° bseq t The author has shown great tact in the su n o f th at sketch of poor Mary's career. There is Ile subs WI T " mock sentimentality which would gloss nv e os i t ionf and reinstate the offenders in their former P aer 10 but a gulf is shown to exist which Gan °iders° passed, while at the same time kind and ° II : 0 001 hearts seek to alleviate the sufferings Ail- to ry °` the sorrow of the stricken one. T ,6 ° 13 6 Oa e "Jock" is very amusing, and it is purse instance of retributive justice when h is a d i tY proud relations have to wait for his cOlalia a s s ure i 6 remain in agonising suspense until his Pielopies, it known. After the long accounts of the eh bou gh it is rather a reiief to turn to English life, 0 3 100 0 0 r is not presented to us in a very flattering stYworiclif the auspices of Lady Merivale and ne r air boa ll daughter. Caroline is a more genial gir l ' the oist ef much spoiled by her education. Augusto, `,, ao eo: of Vincent, or Jock, to give him his Austrslog Dot briquet, is a smart sketch of a w ell•rae ° o e Oj t ; rather covert character. She meets wit h A ci derai l r ing passage in her life, when all her Asi a 1° acquaintances profess the warme st frienpare' her, and beset her with inquiries. Fraliv l „ g lee s. he " for point is a good example of t- fitted oot 4 nees of emigrants who a re nn tfret" rough work, and who seem totally A the; ie what to do with themselves wf-ie who in to strange quarters. On th° efe l3t‘ t hese a o; there is plenty to gain ,notice -- ple os ful volumes, and many will pass i' er me hour in tracing Ella's career as a gover'T is ed 0/1 "h unlikely and unsociable places. Ella polo tb roeg he r d and discretion, however, which carrie d n te have cis ° 1 0- perils and perplexities that might ha . 1 , at boldest. Her adventures with h the r fs e if t : oo 9 d o i; verary are almost ludicrous in tal _ bo p, tr , comfort, but, notwithstanding her draw_ ofor tue_ o is able to be of great service to Bo rn e ,I.`„ in t 311 friends she meets with. le " E of il w a o r s i n.bdiy an for ac t q -: ire respects, an original sty ,„ various other attractions, may PO ssi . ,t e s -4 " considerable share of fame from the or' aC readers. ire s A 1 0 ar ia TRANSIT ARRANGEMENTS IN ode avo 4 ,00 from Alexandria state that the Viceroy i s is it lre t rd t ° remedy the causes of compl a i n t of the raer ivit t t reg tite it to the deficiency of means of the Egyptian Trading Company, it i 5 T e _„t. () traosport•nt:ooo 01: 0 00, that e 0 d an various agencies in Upper and Lower _ g - l i oc i the Red Sea, are nearly all establishedp; has di t 1 : 0,r os. them begin to show results. The Iric er ap i y fo r iron extensive order to he given to the 00-